William Barnett

William Barnett (4 March 1761-April 1832) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-GA) from 5 October 1812 to 3 March 1815, succeeding Howell Cobb and preceding Richard Henry Wilde.

Biography
William Barnett was born in Amherst County, Virginia in 1761, and he moved to Columbia County, Georgia early in his life. He fought in the American Revolutionary War and served under the Marquis de Lafayette at the Siege of Yorktown, and he settled on the Broad River in Elbert County after the war. He served in the State Senate before serving in the US House of Representatives from 1812 to 1815, and he died in Montgomery, Alabama in 1832.